Learn the leadership focus strategy that helped Peter Thiel make PayPal a monster success.
Walter Chen, founder and CEO of iDoneThis, describes Peter Thiel’s “unorthodox, extreme philosophy” on leadership focus in a post at Business Insider.
Rand Fishkin, CEO and founder of SEOmoz, reflects on a central leadership question for every manager.
Every CEO, founder, manager, and probably most all of us at some point in our professional lives have asked these two questions:
Rethink the business best practices that underpin your strategies and you may end up creating new ones that give you a significant advantage.
Freek Vermeulen, Associate Professor of Strategic & International Management at the London Business School, writes in the HBR Blog Network that some outdated business best practices might be holding your company back.
Uber’s first CEO and current VP of Operations Ryan Graves opens up about his role in launching the company, his surprisingly smooth transition, and the secret to successful CEO succession planning.
Editor’s note: This is the first post in a two-part interview with Ryan Graves, the first CEO and current Head of Operations of Uber, a venture-backed on-demand car service that, since being founded in 2010, has expanded to 17 cities in four countries, and has accepted $49.5 million in venture and angel funding.
Learn four common leadership and decision making mistakes that entrepreneurs make and how to avoid them.
Erik Sherman of Inc. outlines four leadership and decision making mistakes that entrepreneurs often commit.
Take a moment to consider the 42-item list that entrepreneurs can be thankful for.
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Startup Grind founder Derek Andersen offers a list of 42 things that he’s most thankful for in a post at TechCrunch.
Learn why managing conflict is so important for virtual teams and what you can do to bring speedier resolutions.
Keith Ferrazzi, CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, offers a prescription for managing conflict in virtual teams in the HBR Blog Network.
For truly innovative leadership, you need to have nothing to lose.
Paul Hebert, HR consultant and creator of the Incentive Intelligence webinar, writes in Firstful of Talent that innovative leadership requires something that current leaders don’t have: desperation.
Read how one highly successful venture firm assesses founder skills being making an investment.
Saar Gur, general partner at Charles River Ventures, offers an assessment of founder skills needed for a successful startup in a post at TechCrunch.